Justice, fairness, and equality before the law are the cornerstone of European values, on which our democratic societies are built. However, the power imbalance between individuals and large companies can effectively block victims of harm…

Civil society organisations respond to OHCHR’s first progress report on the UN database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements, and provide input for its normative framework and criteria for inclusion. Read statement The Centre for…

The Global Legal Action Network (GLAN), the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO), and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) are publicly releasing their joint submission to the Office of the High Commissioner…

Researcher Myriam Vander Stichele on developments at the European level How can investing become truly green? How can we ensure that banks and investors throughout all of Europe share the same responsibility for sustainability? And…

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January 31, 2018

How Rio Tinto avoided $700 million in taxes

SOMO and Oyu Tolgoi Watch have published a report about how the mining giant Rio Tinto, and its Canadian subsidiary Turquoise Hill Resources, avoided nearly $470 million in Canadian taxes by using mailbox companies in…